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Resolutions for a New Academic Year: A survival guide for higher education in perilous times (Chronicle of Higher Education)

September 5, 2017Philip NelAcademe, Democracy, Donald Trump, Education, Fascism, Robin Bernstein, TrumpismAcademe, Democracy, Donald Trump, Education, Fascism, Robin Bernstein, Trumpism

Over at The Chronicle of Higher Education today, I have a piece on “Resolutions for a New Academic Year: A survival guide for higher education in perilous times.” Here’s one of those resolutions: Teach students to use language well. We can help them to be wary of lazy euphemism — not just because it is bad

Surviving Trumpism. Restoring Democracy.

With apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton,… How does an unhinged, thin-skinned, son of a Scots and a Klansman, born into privilege and wealth, a thug who loves only himself, his money and his station, become the next leader of this nation? There are many reasons, including the false equivalency of the media (Clinton’s emails being